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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in blended learning technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take courses online. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is all right? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Washington to conduct these massively open online courses? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these exciting new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also studies the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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